On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 18:00 +0800, Pockey Lam wrote: > Dear Akhil and Bharath, > > All information are welcome received :) Hello All, The university sent me a few pics of their conference hall that can accommodate 250-300 people. Akhil and I will go visit the campus, and get more pics of their hackfest rooms, etc. We spoke to a manager at Novell, who agreed to speak to the Marketing head for sponsoring GNOME.Asia Srinivasa Ragavan had a talk to his reporting line at Intel. They have agreed to take care of all the infrastructure costing like setting up high speed internet if we are not happy with the campus wifi, setting up booths and almost everything :) They said they'll review the brochure and decide how much they can sponsor for the event. Once we are done with making the brochure, I'll forward it to them. Regards, Bharath > > Thanks for your great work! > > The results will be announcing the upcoming few days! > > Pockey > > On 12/13/2010 02:53 PM, Akhil Laddha wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 10:24 +0530, Akhil Laddha wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 18:56 +0530, Bharath Acharya wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 13:32 +0800, Frederic Muller wrote: > > > > > Dear Indonesian and Indian team, > > > > > > > > > > note: I'm writing an email which just represents my feelings and put the > > > > > comments in a mixed bag. They might not apply to both teams. > > > > > > > > > > In order to be able to vote we would really need more information on: > > > > > - Venue: photos of accommodation rooms when included > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > > > We have a choice between service apartments or hotels. We have kept the > > > > option open for both as of now. The hotels usually are a little less > > > > expensive. Akhil came up with a few searches. But they can get us a > > > > better deal once we have a larger group confirming their attendance. > > > > > > > > Some service apartments > > > > [1] http://www.alcove.co.in/graheja.html > > > > [2] http://www.transitliving.com/Tariff.html > > > > > > > > Some hotels > > > > [1] http://www.hotelpeearlinn.com/tariff.htm > > > > [2] > > > > http://www.theeliteroyale.com/intro/elite-kormangala/webfiles/Accommodation.html > > > > > > > > We prefer hotels. Service apartments are a little too comfortable and > > > > many people might decide to WFSA (Work From Service Apartments) ;) > > > > > > > > > - Venue: hackfest site photos > > > > Already attached some in the proposal. > > > > > > > > > - Venue: conference site photos covering conf rooms and free spaces > > > > > where we could have booth > > > > I talked to another university this weekend, Dayananda Sagar College of > > > > Engineering. They are really interested in hosting both the hackfest and > > > > the conference. Sad I went on a weekend when they didn't open the > > > > conference rooms. > > > > > > > > http://www.dayanandasagar.edu/infra_index.php > > > > > > > > But its a huge university with a lot of space to host booths and in a > > > > very accessible location in Bangalore where many people can attend it. I > > > > did a site visit, and it is one of the huge campuses I have ever seen. > > > > > > > > The CS HOD has told me they are renovating their homepage and they have > > > > captured photos of the class rooms and conference halls as part of that. > > > > I'll send the photos over as soon as I get them. > > > > > > > > > - Ability to acquire sponsors: who have you met so far and what's your > > > > > feelings on raising 60K USD from local companies. be specific to which > > > > > companies you think will vouch for GNOME (and honest of course ;-) ) > > > > Honestly approached none yet. But we know the potential players who'll > > > > want a booth setup and sponsor the hackfest and the conference. We can > > > > approach them only when we have the right number and only when we know > > > > it is definitely happening in this location. > > > > > > > > The minimum money each company pays for a booth in Open Source > > > > conferences (1-2 days) is Rs 20000 (approx 450 USD) > > > > > > > > But even with many companies helping with the booths, and many with > > > > sponsoring hackfest, 60K USD sounds a lot of money to find :) Let me get > > > > back on this, but just wondering if we made 60K USD from any event in > > > > GNOME till date. > > > > > > > > > - Infrastruture: I guess bandwidth/speed data for Internet is important, > > > > > availability of wifi, public transportation, distance from airport, > > > > > distance from and ease of access to 'downtown' matter too. > > > > The universities have good wifi, and if people feel it is not good > > > > enough, we can get private networks for the conference. It doesn't cost > > > > much. > > > > > > > > There are a lot of options for public transportation. > > > > http://www.mapsofindia.com/getting-around/bangalore.html > > > > > > > > Distance from airport is a one time transportation, and it doesn't take > > > > long either as we discussed on IRC the other day. > > > > > > > > > - Visa: I think someone needs to do some research. My impressions are > > > > > that both HK and Bali give visa on arrival to almost anybody (maybe not > > > > > Chinese?) and for India I am under the impression the process is rather > > > > > cumbersome (requiring to deposit some cash in a specific bank - at least > > > > > in China and even for foreigners). Can you elaborate on those issues, > > > > > confirm or correct my 'claims'? > > > > I do not think getting VISA to India is too difficult either for other > > > > nations. I read somewhere on Nat's blog he got a VISA to India in less > > > > than 6 hours in a queue!!! But yeah that's Nat :D > > > > > > > > Here are more details, > > > > http://www.indiainvites.com/visa.html > > > > http://india.visahq.com/ > > > > > > > > Let me know if I need to provide any other details. I'll send more > > > > details as soon as I get hold of them. And thanks for the detailed > > > > questions Frederic. It helps us make sure we do not miss anything. > > > > > > > In addition to the above information, i looked for airfare from GNOME > > > community locations across worldwide [1] to Bangalore so that we may > > > have idea about travel cost. I have used kayak.com and assumed > > little typo here, instead of 2010, year is 2011 > > > > > Start Date - 25 April, 2010 > > > Departure - May 2, 2010 > > > 1) Paris, France - Bengaluru : $ 802 > > > 2) London, United Kingdom to Bengaluru : $ 762 > > > 3) Madrid, Spain to Bengaluru : $ 884 > > > 4) Berlin, Germany to Bengaluru : $ 959 > > > 5) Beijing, China to Bengaluru : $ 1010 > > > 6) Taipei, Taiwan to Bengaluru > > > (Malaysia Airlines) : $ 820 > > > (Cathay Pacific) : $ 2424 > > > 7) Sydney, NSW, Australia to Bengaluru : $ 1509 > > > 8) New York, US to Bengaluru : $ 1074 > > > 9) Washington, DC to Bengaluru : $ 1137 > > > 6) Brasília, Brazil to Bengaluru : $ 1942 > > > > > > [1] http://live.gnome.org/GnomeWorldWide > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Akhil > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > asia-summit-list mailing list > > asia-summit-list gnome org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/asia-summit-list > > _______________________________________________ > asia-summit-list mailing list > asia-summit-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/asia-summit-list
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